Losing Money to Be a Tycoon

Chapter 1243: Yu Fei’s Condition of Crisis

The system did not allow players to refund the game in full. After all, Repent and be Saved would only reach the free standard this month.

However, in order to take care of players’ emotions and maintain the company’s reputation, some refunds were not a problem.

As the saying went, buy earlier to enjoy it, and buy later to enjoy it. Otherwise, it would be wasted.

Games were always the most expensive when they were first released. After that, the discounts became stronger and stronger. This was not only a promotional strategy for merchants to maximize benefits, but also a habit and consensus among players.

Many e-commerce companies had also introduced a price retention policy. If the price of goods was greatly reduced in the short term, the difference would be refunded.

Of course, there were many reasons. Pei Qian could not tell what they were, and he did not care. He only used this reason to refund the players.

What could be happier in the world than to be able to send the money that had been placed in the system’s pocket back?

Yu Fei could not help but look shocked.

That was so conscientious!

Boss Pei was indeed Boss Pei. He was always so different!

In fact, most players were still very receptive to the fact that the game was free. Even if they had just bought the game at the original price and it was free, even if the manufacturer did not have any compensation measures, most players would not make a fuss. At most, they would diss it online and mock their luck.

After all, it was a good thing for the gamers if the manufacturer gave the game a discount or free of charge. It would be too much to ask the manufacturer to compensate the gamers who bought the game previously.

However, Boss Pei did not even need players to say anything. He took the initiative to refund and compensate!

As an old game, Repent and be Saved often appeared on the official platform’s hot-selling charts. It was also a regular on the action games hot-selling charts.

Many gamers were puzzled as to why someone had not bought Repent and be Saved.

A game like that was a stable source of profit for the company.

What’s more, Eternal Reincarnation was a huge success. It was a perfect match with Repent and be Saved’s main body. Most players already had the consensus that they had to buy everything together.

There was no need to talk about the old gamers. The key was that the new gamers who had recently entered the pit had to buy Repent and be Saved even if they bought Eternal Reincarnation.

That was another huge income!

In the end, Boss Pei actually gave Repent and be Saved a free pass at the critical juncture of its flashback?

He could only describe it as awesome.

Yu Fei immediately nodded. “Alright, Boss Pei. Don’t worry, I’ll definitely arrange this!”

He thought that even though he was about to leave, if he could facilitate this matter before he left, it would be a good deed for players.

His short experience as Tengda’s chief designer had come to a perfect end.

Pei Qian nodded, satisfied. “En… the second thing is for you to call everyone over. We’ll have a meeting to talk about the new game.”

“Huh?”

Yu Fei was stunned and confused.

After a while, he said, “Boss Pei, there’s no need to rush this, right?”

“Hu Xianbin will be back soon. Please wait for him to come back before you hold this meeting. Otherwise, I’ll have to hand over my work to him. What’s more, I might not be able to convey the design intentions very well.”

“Eh, why does this scene look so familiar…”

Yu Fei suddenly remembered that he seemed to have done this at the beginning of last month.

Boss Pei asked Yu Fei to cooperate with Meng Chang to do the publicity plan for Eternal Reincarnation. Yu Fei had wanted to wait for Hu Xianbin to return before he spoke. However, he did not expect Hu Xianbin to be pulled away halfway before he even arrived at the company. He did not even meet him.

Yu Fei could only bitterly replace them for another month.

This time…

Yu Fei’s eyes were suddenly filled with vigilance as he realized that something was amiss.

“Boss Pei, could something have happened to Hu Xianbin again? Didn’t we agree to a month of special training? Don’t tell me that I can’t even meet him this time?”

Pei Qian pondered for a moment. “Ah, not really.”

What he meant was that they should be able to meet.

It was said that Bao Xu had arranged a three-day holiday for the people in charge so that they could settle their affairs. Oh, no, before they embarked on the journey to Shennongjia, they could return to their respective departments and briefly deal with the relevant work.

After all, he had left his own department for some time. It was only natural for him to go back and take a look.

Thus, Yu Fei would definitely be able to meet Hu Xianbin. He would not be able to not meet him.

However, after seeing it… that was hard to say.

Yu Fei heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Boss Pei’s words.

Alright, alright. He had almost imagined himself being replaced for three months.

Pei Qian continued, “The main reason is that there would often be some changes in the schedule of the special training class. It’s normal to be two days in advance or delayed. However, the work of the games department cannot be delayed, especially the creative ideas of the new game. They have to meet early and decide on the plan early. Otherwise, it would be easy to drag the entire development cycle down.”

Yu Fei nodded, thinking that what Boss Pei said made sense.

Tengda Games had always been famous for being thoughtless, imaginative, and strictly controlling the development cycle. This was a tradition that Huang Sibo had left behind when he was the person-in-charge. It was also the mission of the entire Tengda Corporation.

The prerequisite for diverting their thoughts was that they had to have a meeting to finalize the general direction of the new game. That way, everyone could go in the same direction and brainstorm under a certain framework to design the original version of the game.

In order to strictly control the development cycle, he had to cherish every working day. After all, every working day was precious under the premise that he could not work overtime.

In that case, it would be very irresponsible of him to wait for Hu Xianbin to return before holding a discussion about the new game. It would not fit the Tengda spirit.

Yu Fei was once again sweating at his own unprofessionalism.

Sigh, this work attitude is not right!

Boss Pei trusts me so much that he wants me to take over.

At first, I thought that I had to stand at the last position.

In the end, he would still naturally feel that it was better to avoid trouble. That would let Boss Pei down!

At that thought, Yu Fei stood up. “Alright, Boss Pei. I’ll call them over.”

…

Soon, all the core members of the games department arrived and took their seats in the conference room.

He was going to make a new game again. Happy!

Previously, when everyone developed Eternal Reincarnation, they were quite excited but they knew very well that this was only downloadable content. It was ultimately a little boring.

He was finally going to develop the next large-scale game!

What kind of idea would Boss Pei come up with this time?

Pei Qian was very worried as he looked at the people in the games department who looked like they were waiting to be fed.

He had to rack his brains to mess with this group of people every single time. It was too tiring!

What’s more, even though they successfully managed to muddle it, it was precisely because of that that they would often confidently make the game.

As time went by, he fell into a vicious cycle.

What game should he arrange for the gaming department to make this time?

Pei Qian had tried going in too many directions before. There were popular ones and unpopular ones.

However, be it popular or unpopular, they all succeeded in the end!

This was f*cking ridiculous.

Thus, Pei Qian has more or less figured it out now. Whether the game succeeded or not might not have much to do with his own choice. He might as well treat it as a purely a matter of luck and mess it up casually.

Before this, Pei Qian had kept a plan for Shang Yang Games’ meeting.

At that time, everyone calculated the game genres that Tengda had not produced yet. They summarized some of them like combat games, sound games, sandbox games, and so on.

In the end, he chose a racing game like ‘Safe and Driving’ for Shang Yang Games. The main reason was that Tengda’s previous version of ‘The Lonely Desert Road’ was not considered a racing game. There was still a chance of failure in this direction.

On the other hand, sound games were difficult to incur losses. The risk of the sandbox game becoming popular was too high. Thus, Pei Qian did not want to do it for the time being.

In the end, he kept the option of fighting games.

It was just as well that Tengda Games had spent some time developing Eternal Reincarnation this time. There was not much time left in this cycle.

Wouldn’t it be good to arrange for a niche game to be made during this time?

Of course, Pei Qian had no idea what to do with this combat game because he was not a combat game player at all. He had not even memorized the playstyle.

However, so what? In any case, the games that Pei Qian played were just that…

He would let everyone brainstorm before causing trouble. A very strange game would probably be born, right?